MIDI Designer Community Layouts — Custom Controllers for Your Gear

Turn your iPad, iPhone, or Mac into a custom control surface for your synths, pedals, and plugins. MIDI Designer Pro X layouts are built by musicians in the Community, who own the same gear you do. The layouts are curated for quality before they're listed here. Find your gear, download a layout, and start playing.

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manufacturers
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Ableton

Ableton Live Control Surface by jkhiser, Rating: Silver [ 4930 downloads ]

Roland Show all 15

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Platinum

Jupiter Xm Manager by jkhiser

11260 downloads
Roland
Visual Editor for Roland Jupiter X/Xm - also works with new Juno-X, see the FAQ on Jupiter X layouts and compatibility.
Analog Synth Model Editors laid out similar t…
Jupiter X-Xm Manager 2.01.mididesigner | Jupiter X-Xm Manager 2.00 | Jupiter Xm Manager 1.60 | Jupiter X-Xm Manager 1.51 | Jupiter X-Xm Manager 1.50 | Jupiter X-Xm Manager 1.40 | Jupiter Xm Manager 1.32 | Jupiter Xm Manager 1.30 | Jupiter Xm Manager 1.21 | Jupiter X-Xm Scenes & Tones R1.zip
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Platinum

Jupiter Xm ZEN_Core Editor by jkhiser

3256 downloads
Roland
The Jupiter Xm is a powerful, complex sound tool, trapped behind a small screen. ZEN-Core is a flexible synth construct with hundreds of settings. This MDP2 layout brings the ZEN-Core setti…
Jupiter X-Xm ZEN-Core Editor 1.30 | Jupiter X-Xm ZEN_Core Editor 1.20 | Jupiter Xm ZEN_Core Editor 1.13 | Jupiter Xm ZEN_Core Editor 1.00
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Gold

Roland RD 2000 Manager by jkhiser

9900 downloads
Roland
Major update to incorporate latest MD capabilities and support the RD 2000 EX
• Now loads user program names
• Streamlined many displays, revised Mixer format, load progress indic…
RD-2000 Manager 2.31.mididesigner | RD-2000 Manager 2.30.mididesigner | # RD 2000 Manager 2.30 StreamByter.pdf.zip | RD 2000 Manager 2.20 | RD 2000 Manager 2.15 | RD 2000 Manager 2.14 | RD 2000 Manager 2.13 | RD 2000 Manager 2.12 | RD 2000 Manager 2.11 | RD 2000 Manager 2.10 | RD 2000 Program Names.zip
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Gold

Roland TR-6S Manager by jkhiser

1650 downloads
Roland
Unleash the full potential of your Roland TR-6S with this expertly crafted MIDI Designer layout. Enjoy a traditional mixer view that provides instant access to key track and kit parameters, with the current kit name and number always in sight. Effortlessly manage your effects with a functional flow view and quick-setting buttons, including a DRY option to disable all effects. This layout serves as both a heads-up display for live performance and offers direct touch-screen access with your ten fingers. Transform your TR-6S experience with this powerful and intuitive layout.
TR-6s Mgr 1.3.mididesigner | TR-6S Mgr 1.2.mididesigner | TR-6S Mgr 1.1.mididesigner | TR-6S Mgr 1.0.mididesigner | # TR Manager 1.3 SB Code.pdf.zip
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Gold

Roland TR-8S Manager by jkhiser

853 downloads
Roland
Unleash the full potential of your Roland TR-8S with this expertly crafted MIDI Designer layout. Enjoy a traditional mixer view that provides instant access to key track and kit parameters, with the current kit name and number always in sight. Effortlessly manage your effects with a functional flow view and quick-setting buttons, including a DRY option to disable all effects. This layout serves as both a heads-up display for live performance and offers direct touch-screen access with your ten fingers. Transform your TR-8S experience with this powerful and intuitive layout.
TR-8S Mgr 1.1.mididesigner | TR-8S Mgr 1.0.mididesigner
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Gold

Roland RD-88 / RD-08 Manager by jkhiser

6605 downloads
Roland
Nov 18, 2023 note - you should NOT need the extra features pack to USE this layout, only if you want to EDIT the layout.
Roland have recently announced the RD-08 - which appears to be just a variant o…
RD-88 Manager 1.00.mididesigner | RD-88 Scenes.zip | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.09 | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.08 | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.07 | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.06
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Gold

MDP2 Masters Course - Tips and Techniques by jkhiser

5047 downloads
Original, Generic
I have used MIDI Designer Pro 2 to manage all controls on the RD-2000. This has required using many MDP2 techniques. While these techniques can be pulled out from the layouts, I have extracted them …
Masters Course Rev 1.01 | Demo 1.23 | Demo 1.22 - seven additional examples not yet in M | Masters Course Spreadsheets 1.01.zip | Masters Course Rev 1.00 | Masters Course Spreadsheets.zip
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Gold

Jupiter X-Xm ToneWheel Organ Emulation by jkhiser

866 downloads
Roland
ZEN-Core emulation of Tone Wheel Organ, with live drawbars and percussion controls
Customizable organ settings. Adjust drawbar tuning, noise, key click, etc. Editor for VK Rotary Tone Mfx
~230 fixed…
Jupiter X-Xm ToneWheel 1.00
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Silver

RD-2000 Piano Editor by jkhiser

4172 downloads
Roland
Multiple methods to explore V and SN piano customizations
Editors and preset templates for RD-2000 Individual Voicing Tuning, Level, and Character
Editor with presets for Piano Designer and S…
RD-2000 Piano Editor 2.10 | RD 2000 Piano Editor 2.01 | RD-2000 Piano Editor 2.00 | RD-2000 Piano Editor 1.01 | RD-2000 Piano Editor 1.00
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Silver

RD-2000 Rhythms by jkhiser

3433 downloads
Roland
Direct access to all 190 RD 2000 Rhythm Patterns, arranged in a trigger matrix, grouped by genre
Control tempo, volume, and output (main / sub)
"Poor person's" sequencer to play rhythms in pre-arrange…
LAYOUT: RD-2000 Rhythms 2.00 | LAYOUT: RD-2000 Rhythms 1.02 | LAYOUT: RD-2000 Rhythms Rev 1.01 | LAYOUT: RD-2000 Rhythms Rev 1.00
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Silver

Roland TR Pattern and Kit Display - Demo of new 10.5.0 SysEx string capability by jkhiser

625 downloads
Roland
SysEx Strings Demo with Roland TR 6s / TR 8s
This simple layout demos the MIDI Designer new ability to read text data from MIDI devices.
Enable Tx and Rx edit data on the TR.
Use the …
TR 8s Kit & Pattern 1.0.mididesigner | TR 6s Kit & Pattern 1.0.mididesigner
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Silver

Ableton Live Control Surface by jkhiser

4930 downloads
Ableton
This MDP2 layout and accompanying configuration file provide a Ableton Live control surface. The surface synchs with Ableton, with Mixer, Transport, & Device control, plus a drum pad.
An 8x8 launch…
Ableton Live Control Surface R 1.02 | UserConfiguration.txt | Ableton Live Control Surface R 1.01 | Ableton Live Control Surface R 1.00
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Silver

Chord^ - a flexible chord layout by jkhiser

540 downloads
Original, Generic
Flexible chord layout.
Linear two octave x 7 pad array transposes and plays chords.
Assign preloaded or user specified chords to pad rows.
Nine user chords with up to 10 notes each can be entered …
Chord^ 1.0
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Silver

Numeric Input Keypads by jkhiser

449 downloads
Original, Generic
Onscreen keypad to select exact control value
- Additional precision for large range controls
- Alternate input method
NO StreamByter coding required - just configure two additional controls
- actio…
Keypad 1.01b.mididesigner | Keypad 1.01.rtf.zip | Keypad 0.2.mididesigner
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Silver

Roland TR-6S & TR-8S Remote Control and Basic Sequencer by jkhiser

2166 downloads
Roland
TR 6s / 8s Variation and Pattern Controls
Provides:
Precise stop on downbeat
Remote control of variations and fill settings
Manual or automatic sequence through a set of variations
Ma…
TR-6s_8s.1.1.mididesigner | TR-6s_8s.1.0.mididesigner
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Silver

Jupiter X/Xm "Jupiter-X" Model Editor by jkhiser

997 downloads
Roland
I had mostly stopped updating the Jupiter-X/Xm MDP 2 Layouts since Roland released their computer-based editor. However, since the Roland update for 3.0 is temporarily delayed, I put together a quick…
Jupiter X/Xm "Jupiter-X" Model Editor 1.01 | Jupiter X/Xm "Jupiter-X" Model Editor 1.00
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Silver

Setlist Manager by jkhiser

1123 downloads
Original, Generic
Updated, more flexible version here: Flexible Setlist Manager
A generic setlist manager, configured for four devices with Bank and Program Change.
Use as is, or customize to fit you…
Setlist Manager 1.01 | Setlist Manager 1.0
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Bronze

Flexible Setlist Manager by jkhiser

491 downloads
Original, Generic
I had done a very simplistic setlist manager a while ago (Setlist Manager), but a recent user question reminded me that it could be updated for more flexibility.
Flexible Setlist Manager
Set List Manager Update 1.0.mididesigner | Set List Manager Update 1.a.mididesigner
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Bronze

Jupiter X-Xm Global Setting by jkhiser

2004 downloads
Roland
There are settings on the Jupiter X-Xm that are individually controlled in each Scene instead of being the expected System (global) setting. This provides flexibility, but also becomes a pain to make…
Jupiter X-Xm Global Setting 1.20 | Jupiter X-Xm Global Setting 1.10 | Jupiter X-Xm Global Setting 1.00
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Bronze

Advanced Control Relationships with MDP2 and Streambyter by jkhiser

1618 downloads
Original, Generic
Updated to Rev 1.
This is a hack that uses the stand-alone StreamByter to feedback selected MIDI messages to the input to enable advanced control relationships that are not otherwise …
Advanced Control 1.10 | Advanced Control 1.00 | Advanced Control Rev 1.pdf.zip
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Bronze

Combining Button Actions in MDP2 by jkhiser

517 downloads
Original, Generic
Situation - we want to mimic hardware that has four track buttons, and a pair of start / stop buttons. You can press a track button, and then choose either start or stop. How can we create this beha…
Combining Button Actions in MDP2
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MIDI Controller for Alesis Micron and Akai Miniak

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MIDI Controller for Roland VG-99

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MIDI Controller for Roland JX-3P, JX-8P,
MKS-30, MKS-50, MKS-70, Juno 1 and Juno 2

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MIDI Controller for Roland JD-990

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 DT-50 Series Amplifiers

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 Pod X3 Live

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 Pod 2.0

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 HD-500

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